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Where does “diabase” come from?

diabase (English) comes from French diabase, from Ancient Greek διάβασις.

diabase (English): A fine-grained igneous rock composed mostly of...

Definitions

  1. A fine-grained igneous rock composed mostly of...

Ancestry of “diabase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdiabasediabase
2Ancient Greekδιάβασις—

Words derived from “diabase”

  • diabasic
Every word from Ancient Greek διάβασις →